which Sat Nav ?

[s7eve]

just want a cheap sat nav for the 7, nothing fancy, long as i can instruct it to avoid motorways Any recommendations or ones to avoid? Garmin? TomTom? Cheers, steve

[peterg]

best Tomtom deals here

[John Ryan]

Not had Tom Toms, but I love the functionality of the Garmin Nuvi range.

[Rob Morris]

Had a Tom Tom, now use Garmin Nuvi - enough said 😬

[Stationary M25 Traveller]

Garmin Nuvi 250 here. I just look at the pictures, as I can't hear it in the Seven. Full street level mapping across Europe ... with speed cameras .... spotted them well on our overseas travels so far

 

 

[Bellissimmo]

I use the Nuvi 350and I've been happy with it. Google Maps offers the capability to download routes for TomTom and Garmin satnavs BUT not all the Garmins can upload them. If this kind of route plan is important to you, make sure you pick the right model.

 

Also, my Nuvi seems to think that 'avoid motorways' means 'only choose roads that have a strip of grass growing alomg the middle of them' (and I don't mean the central reservation!).

 

Edited due to senile dyslexia

 

Steve

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Edited by - Bellissimmo on 10 Jun 2009 12:30:02

[Johnty Lyons]

A lot of GPS Car navigation systems are basically concerned in getting you to a specific destination. So be warned if you like setting up Routes for touring you need a different animal, Personally I like one where the route planning can be done in comfort at home on a PC and then routes , way points, maps can all be updated to the unit. In 2005 I and some others traversed the USA in our se7ens, All the route planning was done at home and uploaded to the vehicle units It worked a treat even in some of the minor towns across the USA, and coming into SF late at nigh in dark was wee buns. Different manufacturers have different capabilities as to how many way points or routes you can store so do your research carefully. If you require this functionality you may require a more expensive unit. 😬

 

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[Andy Clayson]

I use CoPilot on my PDA. I tried TomTom (on the same PDA) and found that it was not as responsive as CoPilot - on occasion, it told me to turn either at or just after a junction has passed. I believe the BMW and Mini SatNav systems are based on CoPilot (though whether that's a recommendation I'll leave to you).

 

I echo Johnty's thoughts about planning. A small screen is no place to plan routes and CoPilot comes with appropriate desktop software. My only criticism is that the optional traffic announcements are particularly average in terms of accuracy - but that's true of most of these systems, I believe.

 

Andy

[taffyracer]

if it's anything like the sat nav in my BMW then it'll be absolutely pants, BMW sat nav really is about as crap as you can get

 

 

[Dyrill]

Downloaded google maps free to my blackberry 6310 with GPS built in- it's free, but VERY basic.

[taffyracer]

now there's a thought, was all set to buy a new system ready for my trip to Le Mans tomorrow, forgot about Blackberry Maps, not sure if it's a credible alternative though

 

 

 

Edited by - taffyracer on 10 Jun 2009 22:32:26

[Dyrill]

Blackberry maps is slower than google to load and google have just upated thier version to include walking and public transport. It's alright - I have used it when using hire cars abroad and in the Seven. You can get software by several companies for Blackberry such as TelNav which i think is about £45 ish and this works as normal sat nav i.e. talks to you, has 3D maps etc. worth having a look before spending £99 or whatever the cost of a nuvi etc is nowadays. I think the Vodafone blackerry has it as standard so if you pop into a vodafone store you should be able to see it action.

 

ooh hang on - There is a free trial here

 

[Dyrill]

on second look, could be USA cell version only - probably one of the UK mobile networks if you have a bit of a search

[s7eve]

Thanks for all your views. Some good points raised which i will bear in mind when choosing unit.

[Jason Plato]

do the Tom Tom systems allow you to download a route from google maps ?

 

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[Slider7]

Nüvi 760T

 

And with Mapsource (not supplied with this unit) you can make a (detailed) route on your PC and then download this into the device ...

 

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[Rattie]

The new TomTom Home allows you to design a route on their Google style map routing page, then upload it. Seems to work fine and of course it uses the same routing data as the hardware, so there are no "arguments" between google maps and the hardware about which way you should be going.

The user interfaces seem to very much a personal thing. I've never really got on with the Garmin UI and find the TT one very intuitive, but I see plenty of people who are completely the opposite. Horses for courses.

 

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[taffyracer]

Garmin Nuvi 265T just purchased, will post a comment on its value after Le Mans

 

 

[millsn]

I like my Garmin too

[Chris Cardwell]

 

On my third Garmin (all different) 🥰

[Brian Soper]

As used in my S2 'post it note' stuck to transmission tunnel Totally reliable easy to programme just remember to use water proof ink

Brian